Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1 Supply of free copy of full register etc to Office for National Statistics and restrictions on use S

98.— (1) Each registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of–

(a) any revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act;

(b) any notice setting out an alteration to the register published under section 13A(2) or 13B(3) of that Act;

(c) any list of overseas electors,

to the Office for National Statistics(1) (in this regulation referred to as “the Office”).

(2) In paragraph (1) above the duty to supply is a duty to supply in data form unless, prior to publication, the Office has requested in writing a printed copy instead.

(3) No person employed by the Office may–

(a) supply a copy of the full register other than to another such person;

(b) disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register) otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (4) below, or

(c) make use of any such information other than for statistical purposes.

(4) No information which is contained in the full register (that is not contained in the edited register) may be disclosed otherwise than–

(a) by allowing a person using the premises of the Office to inspect it under supervision, and

(b) by publishing information about electors which does not include the name or address of any elector.

(5) A person who inspects the full register may not–

(a) make copies of any part of it, or

(b) record any particulars included in it,

except by means of hand-written notes.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 6 inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(3) of the amending S.I.) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(2), 14

(1)

Section 10 was substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.